A BUSY DAY FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES.
The Prince of Wales was a busy man on his mamma's sixtieth birthday. Rising at the early hour of seven, his Royal Highness breakfasted with the Princess, and both left for St. James's Park, the former to take part and the latter to witness from the Horse Guards the interesting ceremony of "trooping the colors," which is performed on every occasion of her Majesty's anniversary. Returning to Marlborough House to "tiffin," two of the young princes — Prince Albert Victor and Prince George — who had that morning returned home from Dartmouth, where they are at; school on board the Britannia, were placed in the Royal carriage, and the Prince and Princess having taken their seat 3, the coachman was ordered to drive to the Thames Embankment, aud from there to Battersea, His Royal Highness having consented to open the Lambeth, Yauxhall, Chelsea, Battersea, and the Albert Bridges free of toll. Again, returning to Marlborough House, the Prince donned his evening attire, and went to my Lord Beaconsfield's to dine, and afterwards attended the Countess of Salisbury's reception at the Foreign Office, which place he did not leave until after midnight. The extraordinarily heavy day's work performed by the 'Prince on the 24th May is worthy of special mention, if only to disprove the fallacy held by some that the life of the Prince is one of ease and indolence.
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Evening Post, Volume XVIII, Issue 29, 2 August 1879, Page 1 (Supplement)
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236A BUSY DAY FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES. Evening Post, Volume XVIII, Issue 29, 2 August 1879, Page 1 (Supplement)
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